The witch thought I am a Demon God
Chapter 413 - 253: The Volcano Island buried by the evil spirit, heard again of Knight Gastrot_1

Chapter 413: Chapter 253: The Volcano Island buried by the evil spirit, heard again of Knight Gastrot_1

After the compass needle changed its direction for the third time, Captain Sam immediately ordered a change in course, heading towards the ship flying the flag of the Republic of Belisarius.

Ivita didn’t know whether the ship was a smuggling ship or a pirate ship, so he told everyone to be on alert.

As the two ships neared, the Hearthstone Witch, Ivita, and Wilson all noticed the abnormality in the others. Firstly, the crew members all had distinct traits of seafood on their bodies, some people’s hands were covered in fish scales, some had octopus-like feet, and some had traces of gills on their faces.

But that was not the most worrying part.

What was most worrying was that all the crew members on the ship were visibly sick, with expressions of desperation, sitting listlessly on the deck, and even needing crutches to barely stand up.

Even as they watched them approach, the sailors had looks of wild joy on their faces, but it all seemed so lacking in energy.

Behind the heaps of barrels on the deck, there were three people lying on the ground, their bodies turned black.

As they got closer, Captain Sam also noticed the problem. He walked over and said, "Something’s not right. Those sailors are clearly pirates, but we are already close to them and they haven’t attacked us."

"What are they trying to do?"

Ivita said to him, "It seems like some sort of plague has broken out on that ship, causing people with the strength of actual knights to turn black. The people on that ship are probably pirates. After seeing us, they lowered the black flag and raised the flag of the Republic of Belisarius to attract us. But as they are all seriously ill, they clearly aren’t planning to forcibly take control of our ship."

With concern, Ivita said, "There’s plague on that ship and if even formal knights can get infected, we may get infected if we get too close."

"The ship has something I need."

"What can be done about this?"

Ivita took out the compass from his jacket pocket, glanced at the needle, and made sure it was pointing directly at that ship.

The female ranger, Seville, said, "How did they contract the plague at sea? And the plague can even infect the formal knights, it’s unimaginable!"

The people from the opposite ship were suddenly shouting for help on the deck of Ivita’s ship.

The door to the captain’s cabin on the opposite ship opened, and a pirate hulk with black and white beards walked out of it and called out in sorrow and indignation, "Passing friends, save us, save us."

"We have no helmsman able to steer the ship nor any sailors capable of hoisting the sails. But we all have quite a bit of savings. If you can save us and take us back to the Republic of Belisarius, we will definitely give you a hundred... no, two hundred pounds of gold in return."

Ivita was speechless, a reincarnated swindler, indeed.

What a liar.

Ivita observed that just the number of people standing on the opponent’s deck was five formal knights, plus the captain himself, making it six formal knights.

Add in more than a dozen pirate knights, it was clear that the opponent was not a simple small pirate group.

No wonder the other party had a three-masted ship bigger than his two-masted ship, which was much larger than the scale of the Duck Feather Pirate Team.

It can be said that if it were not for the severe plague among them, with their strength, the minute they boarded, they could certainly pose a significant threat and damage to their own ship.

But that doesn’t mean they could win against them.

However, the reward they proposed for rescuing them was only a few hundred pounds of gold.

What Ivita was wary about now was the plague on the other ship. Since it could infect formal knights, it also meant that it could infect him.

Damn it, the compass was pointing right to this damn ship.

It was not clear where they could have contracted such a severe plague.

From Ivita’s left eye, the Crown Firebird appeared, The Fire of Law burning between the two ships, consuming the air and then fiercely rushing towards the pirate ship.

Most of the items on the opposing ship’s deck, and even the clothes on the pirates, were ignited, but it didn’t hurt the living people on it.

He was using The Fire of Law to disinfect.

But he didn’t know whether it worked or not.

The Hearthstone Witch said to Ivita, "Your Highness, your control of Fire Magic is getting better and better."

The opposing pirates became terrified.

The pirate leader immediately pleaded once again to Ivita and the others, "We are smuggling ships from nearby, please help us, in the name of the God of All Things we both believe in."

The pirates were all stripped, but they were all a bunch of skeletal patients.

Ivita was shocked, what could have turned them into this!

The leading pirate cried out: "Please save us, for the sake of the God of All Things."

"I have an eight-year-old son in Lahaina Town who waits by the coast every day for me to return safely. Now you tell me... have pity on my little eight-year-old son..."

Ivita silenced him, "Can you stop pretending? Only pirates would abuse Secret Medicine, leading to distortions in their bodies. You can’t hide your true identity."

"If you continue to fake cry, we’ll leave right now."

Upon hearing this, the group of pirates on the opposing ship who were crying stopped immediately.

The leading pirate stopped crying instantly and with a face of righteousness said, "Wait... I am Captain Beard, I am well-reputed, you can ask around at Cross Island."

"As long as you can save us, we will definitely reward you and protect you in the future."

"You can smuggle confidently in the Black Sea."

"Please."

Ivita replied, "I don’t need your protection, you are no match for my enemies."

"But indeed, you and I have a connection."

He looked at Wilson and Davina, "You two go to their ship and check it out. After you return, I will disinfect you with The Fire of Law. I believe that The Fire of Law can always burn out the virus."

"Find out if there is anything special on their ship."

The two vampires nodded immediately. As vampires, they are already undead and immune to diseases like the plague.

Ivita told Beard, "I have two people who will jump over to check your ship. Don’t stop them."

If the pirates were conscientious at this point, they would definitely stop Ivita from sending men aboard.

But the pirates worried only about their own lives and didn’t have that intention.

Beard, who was worrying about not having anyone uninfected to pilot the ship, continuously nodded and said, "Sure sure sure... I agree to everything. Please send them over quickly."

The next moment, the two vampires leaped over a distance of more than ten meters and landed on the deck of the enemy ship.

Beard noticed their race and his face immediately turned gloomy.

Vampires.

That’s a bit troublesome.

However, once he remembered that vampires cannot contract the plague, a smile returned to his face.

Ivita asked Beard, "First, answer me two questions. First, how did you get infected with the plague? Second, where are you going?"

Beard told Ivita with a sorrowful face, "Well, we were ruined by a Great Knight called Gastrot."

"Three days ago, we looted a merchant ship entering the Black Sea and captured a Great Knight named Gastrot who had a sickly boy with him. Who would have thought that the boy’s disease was contagious? They infected us all and then they left on a small wooden boat from our Garen Ship."

"Those two are like our plague."

"As for our purpose here, we originally came in search of a legendary tale. We wanted to find the treasure buried under the sea by an evil spirit on Volcano Island!"